Dalhousie University – Head & Neck Oncology Fellowship Program
This comprehensive one-year head and neck surgery fellowship was initiated in July of 2007.
The fellowship includes advanced head and neck oncologic ablative surgery, endocrine surgery, reconstructive surgery including local and microvascular reconstruction (approx. 60-70 free flaps per year representing all donor sites, bony and soft tissue, including subscapular system flaps).
We offer a high volume of transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) for oropharyngeal and glottic tumors, as well as transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for oropharyngeal cancers (20-25 TORS cases per year).
The fellowship is open equally to Canadian and foreign-trained individuals. We have trained fellows from North America, Europe, and Australasia since the inception of this program.
Fellowship Structure
- 1 year Fellowship in Ablative Head and Neck Surgery
- 1 year Fellowship in Ablative and Microvascular Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery
More details on the fellowship please visit: https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/surgery/divisions/otolaryngology/education/fellowships.html
For further information please contact:
Ayham Al Afif MD MSc FRCSC FACS
Assistant Professor
Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Fellowship Committee Chair – Dr. Dan O’Connell – University of Alberta
CAHNSO APPROVED FELLOWSHIPS
University of Alberta
1. Reviewed December 2018
2. Approved for one fellow per year
3. Combined ablative and reconstructive fellowship
4. Program review documents
5. Fellowship description
University of Dalhousie
1. Reviewed January 2019
2. Approved for two fellows per year
3. One approved ablative fellowship position, separate approved reconstructive fellowship position
4. Program review document
5. Fellowship description
University of McGill
1. Reviewed April 2019
2. Approved for one fellow per year
3. Combined ablative and reconstructive fellowship
4. Program review document
5. Fellowship description – https://www.mcgill.ca/ent/fellowship
Fellowship Approval Process – inquiries regarding fellowship application and review process should be directed to Dr. Dan O’Connell – CAHNSO Fellowship Committee Chair, dan.oconnell@ualberta.ca
Graduates of CAHNSO Approved Fellowship Training Programs
2019:
University of Alberta – Dr. Laurent Fradet
Dalhousie University – Dr. Trevor Lewis
McGill University – Dr. Majid Sultan Al-Abdulla
2018:
University of Alberta – Dr. Adrian Mendez
McGill University – Dr. Ilia Ianovski